Ruslan Shcherbakov (russian: Руслан Владимирович Щербаков, translit=Ruslan Vladimirovich Shcherbakov or ''Scherbakov'' or ''Sherbakov''; born 14 September 1969) is a Russian

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player and trainer. He received the

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of Grandmaster (GM) in 1992.

Biography

Shcherbakov was born on 14 September 1969 in the small town of

Staraya Russa Staraya Russa ( rus, Старая Русса, p=ˈstarəjə ˈrusːə) is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Polist River, south of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. Its population has steadily decreased o ...

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. He first learned to play chess when he was four years old, but did not begin to study the game seriously until 1980, at the age of eleven. From 1981 to 1992, he attended

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's chess school, and in 1990, he worked with Panchenko coaching the Russian team in the Soviet youth team championship. Members of this team included

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and

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. Shcherbakov became a Soviet chess master in 1987, an

international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combinatio ...

in 1989, and a grandmaster in 1992. In 1990, he shared first place in the

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with Andrei Kharlov, Vladimir Kramnik and

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. Shcherbakov was part of the Russian team that won the gold medal at the European Senior Team Championship 2019 in the 50+ category. Also a trainer, among the players he has coached are

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, and Dinara Saduakassova. Shcherbakov was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer in 2014. He and his wife, Tanya, have two children.

References

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Ruslan Scherbakov
team chess record at OlimpBase.org (European Men's Chess Club Cup) * 1969 births Living people Russian chess players Chess grandmasters Chess coaches People from Staraya Russa {{Russia-chess-bio-stub